Product Description

Tarot Decoded transforms ordinary tarot readings into readings that are profound and even surprising through the understanding of tarots dignities. Tarot dignities are the interaction of the cards with each other in a spread and within a range of correspondences. Interpreting tarot dignities could make it very clear that one card enhances, or hinders, the meaning of another. The same is true for tarot neighbourhoods within a spread, as well as the entire reading.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #382289 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-30
• Format: Tarot
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 190 pages

Customer Reviews

Tarot Decoded by Liz Hazel
Liz Hazel is a very experienced Tarot reader and astrologer. In her book "Tarot Decoded", Liz explains the use of dignities. Liz writes clearly and in plain English about how you can use correspondences with the elements, the planets and the signs of the Zodiac in your Tarot readings.

Liz also describes how important it is to pick up on numerical combinations and sequences in a Tarot reading.

This is a terrific book for anyone who's interested in Tarot and astrology. The theory is very patiently explained and the book is full of practical advice, presented in clearly written worked examples. I'd recommend it for any Tarot readers who want to get to know more about astrology.

It would also make an excellent introduction to Tarot for people who already know the basics of astrology. But if you're a beginner to both fields, then this is probably not the book for you.

On every page, you can hear the voice of the author speaking to you with knowledge and authority. You really feel that Liz wants you to become a better Tarot reader. She's trying to get us to deepen our understanding of the way that the elements interact with each other. This is a really superb reference book to go back to again and again.

Nothing is there for show and nothing is wasted in Liz's writing. Every image is well chosen and straightforward.

There's a wealth of information in this book but it will take work to get to grips with it. For example, all the sample readings use the astrological glyphs for the planets and signs. If you're a complete newcomer to astrology, you'll have to give yourself some time to get to know the glyphs. In my experience, this is time well spent.

Liz uses the Golden Dawn correspondences and although she's not dogmatic about using this system rather than any other, she does say that the Golden Dawn attributions represent, "a good starting point".

The book is all about attributions so there's no discussion of reversals. All the cards are shown as upright in the example readings.

The appendices contain tables of Major Arcana, Court Card and pip card attributions and throughout the book there are wonderful diagrams such as the horoscope diagram of Court Card attributions showing the Zodiac signs with their associated pip cards and Court Cards by decan.